Elf vs. Rogue

An elf (plural: elves) is a type of humanoid supernatural being in Germanic mythology and folklore (especially North Germanic mythology and folklore). In medieval Germanic-speaking cultures, elves generally seem to have been thought of as beings with magical powers and supernatural beauty, ambivalent towards everyday people and capable of either helping or hindering them.

a dishonest or unprincipled man

A mythical creature in human form but usually smaller, often considered mischievous.

an elephant or other large wild animal living apart from the herd and having savage or destructive tendencies

A lively, mischievous child.

remove inferior or defective plants or seedlings from (a crop)

A usually sprightly or mischievous or sometimes spiteful person.

An unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person; a scoundrel or rascal.

(Norse mythology) A luminous spirit presiding over nature and fertility and dwelling in the world of Álfheim (Elfland). Compare angel, nymph, fairy.

One who is playfully mischievous; a scamp.

Any from a race of mythical, supernatural beings resembling but seen as distinct from human beings. They are usually delicate-featured and skilled in magic or spellcrafting; sometimes depicted as clashing with dwarves, especially in modern fantasy literature.

A wandering beggar; a vagrant.

(fantasy) Any of the magical, typically forest-guarding races bearing some similarities to the Norse álfar (through Tolkien's Eldar).

A vicious and solitary animal, especially an elephant that has separated itself from its herd.

A very diminutive person; a dwarf.

An organism, especially a plant, that shows an undesirable variation from a standard.

(South Africa) The bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).

Vicious and solitary. Used of an animal, especially an elephant.

To twist into elflocks (of hair); to mat.

Large, destructive, and anomalous or unpredictable

An imaginary supernatural being, commonly a little sprite, much like a fairy; a mythological diminutive spirit, supposed to haunt hills and wild places, and generally represented as delighting in mischievous tricks.

Operating outside normal or desirable controls

A very diminutive person; a dwarf.

To remove (diseased or abnormal specimens) from a group of plants of the same variety.

To entangle mischievously, as an elf might do.

To remove diseased or abnormal plants.

(folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.

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A mischievous scamp.

A vagrant.

(computing) Deceitful software pretending to be anti-spyware, but in fact being malicious software itself.

An aggressive animal separate from the herd, especially an elephant.

A plant that shows some undesirable variation.

(role-playing games) A character class focusing on stealthy conduct.

(of an animal, especially an elephant) Vicious and solitary.

(by extension) Large, destructive and unpredictable.

(by extension) Deceitful, unprincipled.

Mischievous, unpredictable.

(horticulture) To cull; to destroy plants not meeting a required standard, especially when saving seed, rogue or unwanted plants are removed before pollination.

To cheat.

(obsolete) To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.

To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.

A vagrant; an idle, sturdy beggar; a vagabond; a tramp.

A deliberately dishonest person; a knave; a cheat.

One who is pleasantly mischievous or frolicsome; hence, often used as a term of endearment.

An elephant that has separated from a herd and roams about alone, in which state it is very savage.

A worthless plant occuring among seedlings of some choice variety.

To wander; to play the vagabond; to play knavish tricks.

To give the name or designation of rogue to; to decry.

To destroy (plants that do not come up to a required standard).

a deceitful and unreliable scoundrel